{"product_id":"1936-arthur-hensel-archtop-532","title":"1936 Arthur Hensel Archtop","description":"Arthur Hensel built many weird and wonderful instruments, but few are as beautiful and ornate as the archtop pictured here.  Signed and dated august, 1936 by Hensel himself, this guitar was hand-carved by the mysterious builder.  Its top and back are solid mahogany, bound in white celluloid.  It has a three-piece mahogany neck, a bound Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, and bound headstock with a matching rosewood overlay.  Interestingly, the sides of the headstock are veneered with Brazilian rosewood as well.  This guitar was here for an extensive restoration that included repairing many cracks, removing much corrosion from the guitar's metal parts, a fingerboard leveling and refret, a new pickguard, and set up.  The original fingerboard dots needed to be replaced during the refret, and we discovered that Hensel had used pearl shirt buttons as fingerboard dots!!!   Check out that original hard shell case, too... there are many a Martin owner who'd like to get their paws on that one! \u003cbr\u003eWith original chipboard case\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sold\"\u003eSOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HENSEL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53610330653038,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3660\/5550\/files\/hensel__1007.jpg?v=1790963727","url":"https:\/\/folkwaymusic.com\/products\/1936-arthur-hensel-archtop-532","provider":"Folkway Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}